On the gravitomagnetic clock effect

Details On the gravitomagnetic clock effect On the gravitomagnetic clock effect

2001-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0110055v1

Phys.Lett.A292:49-57,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

LaTeX file, 2 figures, 15 pages

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0375-9601(01)00776-9

General relativity predicts that two freely counter-revolving test particles in the exterior field of a central rotating mass take different periods of time to complete the same full orbit; this time difference leads to the gravitomagnetic clock effect. The effect has been derived for circular equatorial orbits; moreover, it has been extended via azimuthal closure to spherical orbits around a slowly rotating mass. In this work, a general formula is derived for the main gravitomagnetic clock effect in the case of slow motion along an arbitrary {\it elliptical} orbit in the exterior field of a slowly rotating mass. Some of the implications of this result are briefly discussed.

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